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Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR

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Victor VASILIEV<br />

Victor Vasiliev is Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian<br />

Federation to the United Nations Offi ce and other International<br />

Organizations <strong>in</strong> Geneva. After graduat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 1989 from the Moscow<br />

State Institute of International Relations he jo<strong>in</strong>ed the diplomatic<br />

service. Vasiliev has participated as a member of the Soviet/Russian<br />

delegations at various <strong>in</strong>ternational forums, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the NPT 1995–<br />

2005 Review Conferences, sessions of the UN General Assembly First<br />

Committee, Disarmament Commission, etc. He was part of the UN<br />

Group of Governmental Experts on Verifi cation <strong>in</strong> All its Aspects <strong>in</strong><br />

2005–2006.<br />

WANG Daxue<br />

Wang Daxue is Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control<br />

and Disarmament, Ch<strong>in</strong>ese M<strong>in</strong>istry of Foreign Affairs.<br />

Jessica WEST<br />

Jessica West is Program Manager for the <strong>Space</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Index at Project<br />

Ploughshares. She jo<strong>in</strong>ed Project Ploughshares <strong>in</strong> 2006 as a Program<br />

Associate responsible for nuclear weapons and space weaponization.<br />

She has experience research<strong>in</strong>g confl ict and security issues at the<br />

Canadian International Development Agency and has worked as a<br />

Program Manager for the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force<br />

at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.<br />

Maureen WILLIAMS<br />

Maureen Williams is Chair of the <strong>Space</strong> Law Committee of the<br />

International Law Association and permanent observer to the<br />

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer <strong>Space</strong> s<strong>in</strong>ce 1996. She is<br />

also Professor (Chair) of Public International Law, s<strong>in</strong>ce 1993, at the<br />

University of Buenos Aires and at Belgrano University, and Head of<br />

Research Projects on <strong>in</strong>ternational law/space law at the National Science<br />

Council of Argent<strong>in</strong>a. Williams is a member of the Royal Institute of<br />

International Affairs (London), legal adviser to the Argent<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Space</strong><br />

Agency, and member of the Board of Directors of the International<br />

Institute of <strong>Space</strong> Law (International Astronautical Federation).<br />

Pearl WILLIAMS<br />

Pearl Williams is Senior Policy Advisor responsible for space security <strong>in</strong><br />

the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division (Chemical/Biological,

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